Oryan77
Adventurer
I'm DM'ing a new group and now I have a serious powergamer in the mix. I think I'm a pretty good tactical DM when it comes to combat, but I've always known that I could stand to get better. I'm more of a roleplayer than a hack-n-slasher so I was never focused on whooping on players during combat all the time...the old players were the same way.
But now the powergamer is making me aware that I'll need to up my game during encounters to keep the feeling of being challenged. I don't want them to feel like every encounter is going to be a breeze because I can't make the powergamer feel threatened.
So I'm looking for tips and advice on what type of things to keep in mind when my npc's are in combat. Things like, who should target who, what melee/ranged tactics to use, type of spells that I should use against specific classes of PC's...things like that. What classes are weak against what tactics and what tactics should I avoid against the classes?
The party consists of:
6th lvl Half-Orc Cleric (powergamer with a 27 AC who boasts about being able to get a higher AC if he wanted...so I expect he'll probably do it as he levels).
6th lvl Tiefling rogue (using 2-weapon fighting and my pickup fighter levels)
6th lvl Half-Elf Ranger with wolf companion using archery combat
6th lvl Dwarf barbarian (hasn't played yet so not sure what to expect from him)
7th lvl Half-Elf Sorceress focusing on using heavy damage spells
Any advice would be great, thanks!
But now the powergamer is making me aware that I'll need to up my game during encounters to keep the feeling of being challenged. I don't want them to feel like every encounter is going to be a breeze because I can't make the powergamer feel threatened.
So I'm looking for tips and advice on what type of things to keep in mind when my npc's are in combat. Things like, who should target who, what melee/ranged tactics to use, type of spells that I should use against specific classes of PC's...things like that. What classes are weak against what tactics and what tactics should I avoid against the classes?
The party consists of:
6th lvl Half-Orc Cleric (powergamer with a 27 AC who boasts about being able to get a higher AC if he wanted...so I expect he'll probably do it as he levels).
6th lvl Tiefling rogue (using 2-weapon fighting and my pickup fighter levels)
6th lvl Half-Elf Ranger with wolf companion using archery combat
6th lvl Dwarf barbarian (hasn't played yet so not sure what to expect from him)
7th lvl Half-Elf Sorceress focusing on using heavy damage spells
Any advice would be great, thanks!